Today’s Transit Forecast
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.
@MetroLosAngeles Twitter Tuesday
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. For specific complaints and [continue reading]
Turnstiles to begin closure for TAP
Red and Purple Line riders will see locked turnstiles at four different subway stations for one afternoon each beginning in late September, as the TAP folks continue to move the program forward. It’s another step toward securing the system, as well as an attempt to get a handle on how many paper [continue reading]
House extends Surface Transportation Act
Surprise, surprise — and I mean that sarcastically. Despite much rhetoric, the House of Representatives has decided not to let the federal gas tax and other transportation funding laws expire at month’s end, saving a lot of angst for transit agencies across the country. The update from Metro’s government relations [continue reading]
Metro iPhone app removed from App Store in anticipation of new (improved) app
A number of readers have contacted us regarding the recent disappearance of the Go Metro iPhone app from the iTunes App Store. Indeed the app is no longer available – Metro removed it because a new and improved official app is on the way. The new app is scheduled for [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, Sept. 13
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. House and Senate Agree on 6-Month Transportation Extension (StreetsBlog DC) In case you missed it, just days after a Senate committee asked the full [continue reading]
Hollywood Bowl follow-up: What those people mover and moving sidewalk connector studies found
Expanding on last week’s story on why there is no Red Line station at the Hollywood Bowl, the Metro Library continues its look at transit access to one of Los Angeles’ premier entertainment venues. After plans proved a subway stop to be too challenging in terms of engineering, financing and ridership projections, [continue reading]
The art of transit
Photo by inc1979, via tumblr Nice photo of the tunnel under the tracks at L.A. Union Station. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 10D — a DSLR — with a shutter speed of three seconds, aperture of f/22 and 100 ISO. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]
Today’s Transit Forecast
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.
Eastbound I-210 closure on Tuesday night for Gold Line bridge construction
Source Readers: Here’s the latest release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the 11.5-mile extension from Pasadena to Azusa. Construction on the Measure R project is expected to be completed in early 2015, at which point the authority will turn the line over to Metro [continue reading]